Easter/A Week in the Life

Saturday was a super busy day. Luke had a baseball game at 10 (had to be there at 9:15). He played well and his team crushed the other team. Then, I took Anna ice skating. She practiced for about an hour and then I took her home and Thomas and I went to Jack's basketball game. He scored 9 points, which is his most yet. His team was also victorious. After that, Thomas took Anna to "Stars on Ice." I had won the tickets in an auction benefitting the local high school. They were donated by a county commissioner, so the seats were in the Orange County Government's suite. Both Thomas and I wanted to go, so Anna flipped a coin and Thomas was the winner. I stayed home and watched one of my favorite movies, Hoosiers, with Jack and Kara, who both said they liked it. Thomas and Anna didn't get home until around 10:30. Thomas thought the show was slow-paced and a little boring, but he enjoyed spending time with Anna. Anna liked the show and knew who most of the skaters were. They both liked sitting in suite, which had leather reclining suites.

Sunday was Easter. We started the day with an egg hunt. Supposedly, the Easter Bunny hid 80 eggs, but only 77 were found. Kara made lemon poppyseed muffins and we cleaned the house. We invited everyone up, but only Marta and Frank were able to come. The girls helped me cook and we had deviled eggs, ham, macaroni and cheese, asparagus, rolls and a bunny dirt cake. The food was all delicious! We played Apples to Apples, which Kara won and I came in last. It was nice hanging out with Frank and Marta and we all enjoyed the day.

Monday, Luke had a baseball scrimmage at the park near our house. Thomas took him at the warm-up time and I rode my bike up a little later. It was a beautiful evening to sit outside and watch baseball. Luke's team played really well. Luke had 4 at-bats and got on base all 4 times (although two of them were a fielder's choice). Jack had basketball practice.

Tuesday: Thomas and I went out to grab something for lunch. When we came home, the pool people were here! We were told it would be around two weeks until they came back, so this was quite a surprise. They had a crew of 8 and spent about 4 hours plastering and putting finish on the pool. They said they would be back on Wednesday to finish.

After school, Luke, Kara, Thomas and I went out and played catch. It was a nice, quiet day.

Wednesday: Jack stayed home from school with a sore throat. In good news, we had a much-anticipated new washing machine delivered! In bad news, when I went to walk Luke home, I noticed water appeared to be flowing from our yard into the street. I texted Thomas to tell him to take a look and went and grabbed Luke. When we got back (less than 15 minutes later), there was a massive flow of water. I walked to where Thomas was and the ground was moving underneath me (like walking on a waterbed). I can't even imagine how many gallons of water there was just below the surface! It appeared to be coming from underneath the pool company's "holding slurry" but why that would take 24 hours to appear, I don't know. We made calls to them, the water company and sprinkler repair people. The pool people said they would be out later in the day, but never showed up and the sprinkler people did not call back either. Thomas was able to turn off the water and stop the flow, so at least it didn't feel so dire, although I am still afraid of getting a sinkhole where the ground is so saturated.

I don't think you can really see it in the picture, but the grass around the "slurry" is raised from the water underneath.

Bubbling grass is not good!

Thursday: Everyone went to school. Jack went on a field trip to see the high school perform "Something Rotten". He said it was amazing.

Someone came out to do the final step on the pool (an acid wash) but he did not have the ability to pick up the slurry. We called the company again and they sent out the project manager. She looked around the area and said she would have someone out today or tomorrow to pick up the slurry. They didn't show today. Fingers crossed they come in the morning, I can't imagine all that weight sitting on it is a good thing, and it definitely isn't helping the trapped water fully drain. After dinner, Luke, Kara, Thomas and I went to the park and played baseball. Then, Kara, Jack and I finished watching Shang-Chi (which we started last night).

Friday: The older kids got home from school around 4:30 and shortly thereafter we left for Universal. We had dinner at City Walk and rode lots of rides at Islands of Adventure. Luke, Kara and I did Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls and got absolutely soaked! Since they were already so wet, Kara and Luke also went on Bluto's Barges. It was a little chilly (surprising for Florida this time of year, but very nice) so there was no line for either ride. Everyone had a good time. We got home around 10. At some point while we were gone, they came and picked up the surry! It is too dark out to see what it looks like now, but I am hopeful that we can get the sprinklers fixed and be done with this mess. 

In honor of Earth Day, they stopped to hear the Once-Ler recite the Lorax.